While browsing SMH, I spotted National Australia Bank’s new credit card - Visa Mini Card. It boasts 43% smaller than a regular credit card, comes in 5 different shining metal colours, and have a list of accessories that lets you hang your mini Visa card around your neck or together with your mobile. NAB [...]

Not as good as $123 bonus from joining INGDirect a while ago, but Esanda Online Saver is giving you $20 bonus for signing up their online saving account product. The promotion has actually been running for a while, but now it has been extended to 31st of July 2005. It has the usual online saver - [...]

Elsie wrote: I don’t know if this counts, but there’s a free PDF version of “Women, Creation and The Fall” by Mary A. Kassian online. I think Christians reading this blog will not mind having a free ebook added to their list of resources. Published in 1990, it retails for AUD$17.81 at Koorong. No, I have not [...]

This is for those living in Perth, WA. Katrina wrote in: Free mens haircuts at JT’s Hairstylists at Carosel in Cannington Perth WA. Done by thier apprentices on a Thurdays or Fridays. I do notice that they have multiple locations in Perth, and probably only the one in Cannington has this free haircut special. Give them a [...]

Update 2005-10-29: DealsDirect is selling Roboactor Intelligent Robot for $79.95 + $9 shipping. Not exactly Robosapian, though they do look and function alike. Great saving too. Marty (from possibly Target) commented last week about Target’s big toy sale, where they will be stocking up Robosapian (a small humanoid robot with remote control) at reduced prices. Last [...]

Got this from GoDaddy’s promotional email: We can’t put your name in lights, but until July 31, we can help you put your actual name on the ‘Net. You save over 40% — just $5.95!* …Be sure to use offer code gdg071930 when you order! * Plus ICANN fee of 25 cents per domain name year. That makes the [...]

Elsie wrote, Get a free shampoo, cut and wash at Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads, a trendy hairdressing salon in Surry Hills. The address is 132a Foveaux Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010, and the phone number is (02) 9331 7211. Ring the number and speak to Lucretia or ring and ask about hair-modelling/free haircut. Thanks for the freebie [...]

Chenny wrote: From 17th July - 30 September 2005, St. George Bank is offering 5.60% pa for its DirectSaver account (DragonDirect). Highest interest for an at-call account atm (INGDirect gives 5.40% pa). But it’s only for new customers. DragonDirect works just like INGDirect, only accessible through phone banking/Internet banking connected to your everyday account. Chenny forgot to add [...]

Regarding the recent big toy sales happening around big retail department store, we found that their sale price is actually not as cheap as we thought. On Tuesday Vivian went to Kmart at East Garden Pagewood, looking for a small soccer ball for our lovely Anna, and that particular item was actually on sale! So [...]

Since my last post on .au domain comparison, which was merely less than 2 weeks ago, NameScout, the only foreign registrar approved by auDA, has updated the their price so that they are now the cheapest across the board. So, that’s the difference without paying the GST :) com.au $22.98/year NameScout net.au $22.98/year id.au $14.48/year asn.au $18.73/year org.au $4.98/year Thanks to Neil A for providing the information!

A follow up to my previous entry on mono laser printers, I found a shop selling cheap Lexmark E230 Laser Printer in Australia. A good looking, bulky (yeah, looks like a REAL laser printer), 17ppm monochrome laser printer with 250 input tray that talks PCL6 is selling at DealsDirect.com.au for $169 + $9 shipping. [...]

So, where to find the best bargain on the latest foo, bar and baz that you always dream to have? Want to save that extra $2 getting that new motherboard? Sick of spending whole night checking out each individual e-commerce site and compare their prices? I have discovered price comparison websites a few years ago, [...]

There was once when Vivian wasn’t happy that I threw away one of the shopping dockets, you know, the one that has coupons printed at the back of the supermarket docket, because of one particular deal that she wanted. I said, “no worries“, and fired up the web browser and pointed to the Hotdockets.com.au. I [...]

Tim wrote in (yes, again): Cheap digital photo development: Past winner - Harvey Norman at 33c each Found Big W today - 20c each! 20c is the in-store price, i.e. you need to bring in your own media, and use the self-service to do the printing. Alternatively, you can also use Big W’s on-line service to upload photos, at [...]

Mike Hillyer of MySQL wrote about saving money on printers. Basically, if you are printing text most of the time (like most of us, especially the students, do), then getting a laser monochrome printer will be much cheaper in the long run. We all know how inject printer companies make their profits - selling their colour [...]

UPDATE: If you are looking for Kmart’s (and Big W’s) Toy Sale from 6 July to 19 July, check this entry. Tim wrote: HUGE toy sale at Kmart (for two weeks from today) - including all sorts of soft toys, and a variety of PS2/xbox/PC games. by the way, i just saw their catalogue, havn’t actually witnessed it [...]

Saw this on the front page of Target Catalogue this week: Mercury PC $699, includes keyboard, speakers and Lexmark Z513 printer. Celeron 2.xxGhz* 256Mb RAM 40Gb Hard Disk 56k Modem 17″ CRT monitor Combo drive (burn CD watch DVD) Windows XP Home Edition 64Mb integrated graphics * Can’t read the exact spec on the heavily distorted JPEG file. Everything housed inside a dodgy-looking black case. Not [...]

Last night I was trying to transfer some money from my INGDirect on-line banking account, and noticed their 5.65% p.a. 90 days term deposit. That’s 0.25% above the regular INGDirect Savings Maximiser. Not bad. Later on Vivian asked about it, and we went back to their website and cannot find the same deal from their product [...]

Get Mac (applecart.com.au) seems to be a cheap place to buy a Mac in Australia. On its front-page it guaranteed 6% off Apple’s recommended retail price, and up to 15% off selected software and iPod accessories. For example, Product Get Mac Apple Store 12″ iBook 1.2Ghz $1,503.06 $1,599.00 15″ PowerBook 1.67Ghz $3,430.06 $3,649.00 20″ iMac 2Ghz $2,627.29 $2,795.00 Mac OS X Tiger $169.15 $199.00 There is indeed a lot of saving. The [...]

WhatsInAName.com.au - Price Comparison of auDA Accredited Registrars. It lists all the .au registrars, their prices, and highlight the ones that are the cheapest. I used to use NameScout for my .au domains, but just realised that this Canadian company is no longer the cheapest to offer .au domains. As of today (3 July 2005), the [...]